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WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, OF DANNEMORA, NEW YORK.

LINING FOB FREIGHT-CARS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM J. BRENNAN, a. citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dannemora, in the county of Clinton and the State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liningsfor Freight-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention provides a lining for freight-cars for the purpose ofadapting them to carrying perishable produce in bulk. The sides, ends,and bottom of thelining are foldable, so that they may be easily placedin and removed from the car, whereby the lining may be used successivelyin different cars and to carry different loads. This saves the expenseof lumber for each shipment in a car, as the lining may be returnedafter the load of the car is discharged. Injury to a car incident to thenailing in of a temporary lining is also obviated.

/Vhen read in connection with the description herein, the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts contemplated by this inventionwill be apparent from the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof,wherein a preferable embodiment of the invention is disclosed, for thepurpose of illustration.

Like reference-characters refer to corresponding parts in the severalviews of the drawings, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2is a horizontal section view; Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view; and, Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view.

Having more particular reference to the drawings, 6 designates the floorand 7 the ends of a car.

Sills 8 are placed on the floor of the car to support the floor of alining. The lining floor is made in sections 9 to facilitate its beingplaced in position in the car and its removal therefrom, and thematerial of the respective sections is held together by cleats 10. Eachside of the lining is formed of an upper section 11 and a lower section12, the sections being longitudinally disposed and extending from anintermediate place in the car opposite the door to an end of the carwith which they abut. The material of the upper section 11 is heldtogether by exterior cleats 13 which extend thereacross, and

Specification of Letters Patent. Paiggntgd Jan, 11, 1910, Applicationfiled February 20, 1909.

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alined with and exteriorly connected with these cleats 13, by hinges 14,are exterior cleats 15, which extend to the floor-sections 9, of thelining and which hold together the material of the lower section 12.

The exterior hinges 14 are arranged to permit the upper and lowersections to break inwardly along a longitudinal line. On the inner sideof the lining are terminal cleats 1G and 17, attached, respectively,tothe upper and lower sections. he lower cleat 17 on each end is made insections 18 and 19, connected by a hinge 20, the upper section 18 onlybeing attached to the lining side, and the lower section 19 being freeto swing inwardly. Abutting each lower section 19 is a stop 21 attachedto the lining side, for the purpose of taking lateral strain imposed onthat cleat section.

The end of the lining comprises upper and lower sections 22 and 23,respectively, the materials of which sections are, respectively, heldtogether by exterior cleats 24 and 25, and the cleats of one section arealined with those of the other and exteriorly connected by hinges 26.The end of the lining is of a width about equal to the distance betweenthe sides of the lining when placed in a freight-car of the averagedimensions. In order to make the end susceptible of use in a somewhatwider car, wings 27 are hinged to the sides of the end so as to foldinwardly back against the end when disposed in a car of the averagewidth and to be opened laterally when in a wider car to form extensionsof the end.

hen it is desired to place the lining ina car, the sills 8 are arrangedat intervals on the car-floor, to which they may be fastened or not, asdesired, and the lining fioor-sec-- tions 9 are placed thereon, thesesections together being of a sufficient width to extend from side toside of the average freight-car.

Then the lining sides are put in place along the sides of the car withtheir bottom edges and the bottom ends of their cleats resting on thelining-floor. This may be readily done, in case of each side, by havingthe side broken inwardly on its hinges 14. \Vith this disposition, thebottom ends of cleats 15 are seated on the lining-floor along the sideand the sections are pressed into uprightposition against the car side.Each of the sides of the lining is held in position against the car sideby one or more lag-screws 28, which pass through one or more cleats 14;

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and into the side of the car. After the sides of the lining are placedin position, the lining end is set in the end of the car, with itsbottom edge resting on the lining-floor, and with its side edgesabutting and bearing against the lining sides. The end is held inposition by one or more lag-screws 28, in much the same manner as thesides.

In order to close the end of the compartment, formed by the lining,opposite to the lining end, a stop 29 is attached to the lining-flooragainst which may be placed the bottom end of a stanchion 30, the top ofthe stanchion being held in place by any suitable means at the top ofthe car. This stanchion is adapted to maintain in position transverselyboards of suitable form, which may be gradually put in place across theend as the load is deposited in the lining, and which may be removed asdesired as the load is discharged. These boards may extend from side toside of the lining or in sections from one side to the stanchion. Ineither event, their outer ends engage the cleats 18 and 17, whereby theyare held in place, in conjunction with the stanchion.

When it is desired to let out some of the load from the bottom, lowersections 19 of the lower cleats 17 may be swung inwardly to release thebottom board, which may then be removed.

One or" the linings, as described above, may be placed in each end ofthe car.

Having thus described my invention, what ters Patent, is

l. A car-lining including a lining element arranged to break on pivotalconnections inwardly along a longitudinal line, whereby its movementinto and out of place in the gether, and an end formed of sectionshinged together.

4. A car-hning having an end portion and sides arranged to extend fromthe end to an intermediate place in the car and an inner upright cleaton each side near its inner end and including a lower section hinged toswing inwardly in the car, said cleats being arranged to be engaged byand to hold end boards in position and said lower sections when swungbeing arranged to release the bottom of said boards.

5. A car-lining having an end portion and sides arranged to extend fromthe end to an intermediate place in the car, an inner upright cleat oneach side near its inner end and including a lower section hinged toswing inwardly in the car, and a stop at-.

tached to each lining side and abutting said lower section of the cleatthereof whereby lateral strain thereon is taken up.

WILLIAM J. BRENNAN.

W'itnesses HENRY G. MILLINGTON, LANCE M. Parsons.

